Proposed Provision: E2.4. Eliminate the taxable maximum for years 2024 and later (phased in 2018-2024), and apply full 12.4 percent payroll tax rate to all earnings. Provide benefit credit for earnings above the current-law taxable maximum that are subject to the payroll tax, using a secondary PIA formula. This secondary PIA formula involves: (1) an "AIME+" derived from annual earnings from each year after 2017 that were in excess of that year's current-law taxable maximum; (2) a new bend point equal to 134 percent of the monthly current-law taxable maximum; and (3) formula factors of 3 percent and 0.25 percent below and above the new bend point, respectively.

OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)

Year Current Law Provision
2017298298
2018287287
2019273275
2020259266
2021245259
2022230253
2023215248
2024199245
2025182242
2026165238
2027148233
2028130229
2029112224
203094219
203175213
203256208
203337203
203416197
2035-4190
2036-26184
2037-47177
2038-70171
2039-92164
2040-115158
2041-138152
2042-161146
2043-184140
2044-207135
2045-230129
2046-253124
2047-276119
2048-300114
2049-323109
2050-346104
2051-37099
2052-39395
2053-41790
2054-44084
2055-46479
2056-48774
2057-51168
2058-53662
2059-56056
2060-58549
2061-61142
2062-63735
2063-66328
2064-69020
2065-71712
2066-7454
2067-772-5
2068-801-14
2069-829-23
2070-858-32
2071-888-42
2072-918-52
2073-949-63
2074-981-73
2075-1014-84
2076-1047-96
2077-1082-107
2078-1117-119
2079-1153-131
2080-1190-142
2081-1227-154
2082-1264-167
2083-1300-179
2084-1337-191
2085-1374-203
2086-1410-216
2087-1446-228
2088-1483-241
2089-1520-254
2090-1557-267
2091-1595-281
2092-1633-295
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